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"Michael Black" wrote in message ... Winfield Hill ) writes: Paul Burridge wrote... The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived? I've had a few fatal shocks. Thanks, - Win You sound in especially good shape for someone who's suffered multiple fatal shocks. That explains the hair. |
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Paul Burridge wrote:
The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived? My father had a 30kV (I think) shock (from a radar test set). He went unconscious and many years later one could still see the scar from the burn. |
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Paul Burridge wrote:
The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived? My father had a 30kV (I think) shock (from a radar test set). He went unconscious and many years later one could still see the scar from the burn. |
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Once... 990 vac at 30 amps for a split second from right hand to left hand.
Stopped breathing, no heart beat but still aware for a few seconds. How quiet everything got! Oh, I could still hear my coworkers laughing as I slid to the floor, but the normal, unnoticed noises of respiration and circulation were gone. About the time my vision started to go (seeing green, purple, black splotches, all else fading), my heart gave a great single beat then took off into tachycardia, then settled after a few seconds into a normal but fast rhythm. I could breath and see again, but was too weak to get up for several minutes. By this time the coworkers had figured out things were a bit more serious and I was helped to my feet. That's when I noticed the burn on one hand, where my thumb knuckle had brushed the case of the defective amplifier. It never really hurt, the burn spot, but my chest muscles were sore for a week, also took about that long for my strength return to normal. I've been shocked many times before and since, but that was the closest I got to buying the tiny farm. On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 11:29:46 +0100, Paul Burridge wrote: The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived? p. |
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Once... 990 vac at 30 amps for a split second from right hand to left hand.
Stopped breathing, no heart beat but still aware for a few seconds. How quiet everything got! Oh, I could still hear my coworkers laughing as I slid to the floor, but the normal, unnoticed noises of respiration and circulation were gone. About the time my vision started to go (seeing green, purple, black splotches, all else fading), my heart gave a great single beat then took off into tachycardia, then settled after a few seconds into a normal but fast rhythm. I could breath and see again, but was too weak to get up for several minutes. By this time the coworkers had figured out things were a bit more serious and I was helped to my feet. That's when I noticed the burn on one hand, where my thumb knuckle had brushed the case of the defective amplifier. It never really hurt, the burn spot, but my chest muscles were sore for a week, also took about that long for my strength return to normal. I've been shocked many times before and since, but that was the closest I got to buying the tiny farm. On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 11:29:46 +0100, Paul Burridge wrote: The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived? p. |
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"Paul Burridge" wrote in message ... The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived? In 1948 I was working for Westinghouse motor and transformer repair. We had a LARGE transformer from a sub station to rewind. Always pot checked when repaired for insulation break down with 4000 volts. The hot lead had a pin hole in the insulation and the superintendent would not replace it. Had the worker wrap it with electrical tape. STUPID. The worker went ahead and used it. To reach the insulator tip the worker stood on a metal barrel covered with 2 by 4 wood. As the power was applied the 4K volts went through the hand, came out the foot and blew him off the barrel. He survived but had bad burns on hand and foot. No OSHA in those days. A week later I resigned from that job. Warren |
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"Paul Burridge" wrote in message ... The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived? In 1948 I was working for Westinghouse motor and transformer repair. We had a LARGE transformer from a sub station to rewind. Always pot checked when repaired for insulation break down with 4000 volts. The hot lead had a pin hole in the insulation and the superintendent would not replace it. Had the worker wrap it with electrical tape. STUPID. The worker went ahead and used it. To reach the insulator tip the worker stood on a metal barrel covered with 2 by 4 wood. As the power was applied the 4K volts went through the hand, came out the foot and blew him off the barrel. He survived but had bad burns on hand and foot. No OSHA in those days. A week later I resigned from that job. Warren |
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On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 11:29:46 +0100, Paul Burridge
wrote: The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived? p. 1982 at Beal AFB while installing a 2.4MegKVA UPS system I received an arc'd shock from a 992V DC Link that should have left nothing but a pile of dust where I had been. For reasons unknown, it instead through me 18ft against the opposite wall leaving nothing more than a 2 inch burn mark on my elbow, although it did take almost 4 hours for my breathing to return to normal and I suffered extreme headaches for 3 days. It was also necessary to change both my underwear and pants. To this day my left elbow is extremely and painfully sensitive. |
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On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 11:29:46 +0100, Paul Burridge
wrote: The question seems daft, but bear with me, gentlemen. Has anyone ever had an electric shock that they feel lucky to have survived? p. 1982 at Beal AFB while installing a 2.4MegKVA UPS system I received an arc'd shock from a 992V DC Link that should have left nothing but a pile of dust where I had been. For reasons unknown, it instead through me 18ft against the opposite wall leaving nothing more than a 2 inch burn mark on my elbow, although it did take almost 4 hours for my breathing to return to normal and I suffered extreme headaches for 3 days. It was also necessary to change both my underwear and pants. To this day my left elbow is extremely and painfully sensitive. |
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Paul Burridge wrote:
On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 12:33:24 GMT, "Harris" wrote: Several people have and of course they are all dead. Well I don't believe the answer's that simple. I'll explain in due Yes it is. 'Fatal' doesn't have any slack in its definition. You could modify it by adding 'near' as a prefix. course, but would like to give a few others a chance to guess what I'm driving at (this isn't some sort of joke BTW). -- "I believe history will be kind to me, since I intend to write it." - Winston Churchill |
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